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Good morning (jou2 san4) What is your (nei5 yau5 mat1 ye5)
Hello/how are you? ? (nei5 hou2 ma) problem/trouble? (man6 tai4)
Sir (sin1 saang1) symptoms ? (jing3 jong6)
Madam (taai3 taai3) When did it start? ? (gei2 si4 hoi1 chi2)
Miss (siu2 je2)
For how long? ? (gei2 loi6)
I am doctor _____ _____
(ngo5 hai6 _____ yi1 sang1)
Do you hurt anywhere? (nei5 yau5 mou5
I am going to ask you some . yam4 ho4 dei6 fong1 gok3 dak1 tung3)
pertinent questions. (ngo5 yi4 ga1 man6 nei5 yat1 di1 jung6 yiu1 Where does it hurt? (bin1 dou6 tung3)
ge3 man6 tai4)
Name? Is the pain _____ or _____? ____? (tung3 hai6__ding6 hai6__)
(meng4)
continuous (chi4 juk6)
How old are you? (nei5 gei2 seui3) intermittent? (dyun6 dyun6 juk6 juk6)
Date of birth? (cheut1 sang1 yat6 kei4)
sharp (jam1 chi3 tung3)
Please/thank you (m4 goi1) 1 burning (cheuk3 yit6 tung3)
dull (yam1 yam1 tung3)
Thank you (do1 je6) 1 throbbing
(tiu3 dung6 tung3)
Youre welcome (m4 sai2 m4 goi1)
What makes your pain/condition / (yau5 mat1 ye5 ling6
(m4 sai2 haak3 hei3)
nei5 ge3 tung3/ching4 ying4)
I dont know. . (ngo5 m4 ji1 dou3) better? ? (hou2 di1)
Please sign your permission here. . (nei5 tung4 yi3 jau6 worse? ?(waai6 di1)
hai2 li1 dou6 chim1 meng4)
Does the pain go anywhere? (tung3 wui5 m4
1
is used when thanking someone for a gift, is used for everything else
wui5 heui3 ling6 yat1 go3 dei6 fong1)
Today (gam1 yat6) Where? (bin1 dou6)
Tomorrow (ting1 yat6) Have you had any pain in _____? ___?
Yesterday (kam1 yat6) (nei5 _____ yau5 mou5 tung3 gwo3)
Next/this/last //
(haa6 go3/gam1 go3/ seung6 go3) Have you had this before? ? (nei5 yi5chin4 yau5
Week (lai5 baai1) mou5 li1 di1 ching5 ying4)
Month (yut6)
How many times? ? (gei2 do1 chi3)
Next/this/last // When? ? (gei2 si4)
(haa6 yat1/gam1/seung6 yat1)
Year (nin4)
Previous Health and Illnesses Previous Health and Illnesses (contd)
Is your general health good? ? (nei5gin6 hong1 hou2 m4 Yellow fever (wong4 yit6 beng6)
hou2)
Typhus (baan1 chan2 seung1 hon4)
Have you had any illness as an , (nei4 sing4 nin4 ji1
adult? Poliomyelitis (jek seui5 fui1 jat1 yim4)
hau6, yau5 mou5 beng6 gwo3)
What illness? ? (mat1 ye5 beng6) Smallpox (tin1 fa1)
Do you have a family doctor? (nei5 yau5 mou5 ga1 Rubella (fung1 chan2)
ting4 yi1 sang1) Pertussis (baak3 yat6 kat1)
What is his ______? ______ Hepatitis B B (B ying4 gon1 yim4)
(keui5 ge3 _____ hai6 mat1 ye5)
name (meng2)
address Have you ever had a serious (nei5 yau5
(dei6 ji2)
telephone number accident? mou5 faat1 sang1 gwo3 yim4 jung6 ge3 yi3
(din6 wa2 hou6 ma5) ngoi6)
Have you been hospitalized before? (nei5 yau5 mou5 jyu6 Were you unconscious?
gwo3 yi1 yun2)
(nei5 hai6 m4 hai6 fan1 mai4)
Which hospital? (bin1 yat1 ga1yi1 yun2) For how long? (gei2 noi6)
Have you had any surgeries? (nei5 yau5 mou5 jou6 Did you have a fracture? (nei5 yau5 mou5 gwat1jit3?)
gwo3 sau2 seut6)
Were you taken to a hospital?
(nei5 yau5 mou5 yap6 yi1 yun2)
Have you ever had:_____? _______ Which one? (bin1 yat1 ga1)
(nei5 yau5 mou5 dak1 gwo3 )
Rheumatic fever (fung1 sap1 sing3 yit6)
Malaria (yeuk6 jat6)
Obstetric/Gynecological (chaan2 fo1) / (fu5 fo1)
Chickenpox (seui2 dau6)
How many times have you been
Cholera (fok3 lyun6) pregnant? (nei3 waai4 yan6 gei2 do1 chi3)
Have you had any ____? ____ ? (nei5 yau5 mau5 __ gwo3)
Have you had the ________ ________ (nei5 yau5 miscarriages (siu2 chaan2)
vaccine? mou5 da2 gwo3 ________ yik6 miu4) abortions (do6 toi1)
Typhoid fever (seung1 hon4) How old were you when you started
Diphtheria (baak6 hau4) to menstruate? (nei5 gei2 seui3 hoi1 chi2 yut6 ging1)
Tetanus (po3 seung1 fung1) Is your cycle always regular?
Measles (ma4 chan2) (nei5 ging1 kei4 hai6 m4 hai6 jing3 seung4)
Did you have any pain during your (yut6 ging1 ge3 si4 Do you have any allergies to ____? ____
period? hau6 tung3 m4 tung3) (nei5 deui3_____ yau5 mou5 gwo3 man5)
Do you have much, moderate, or , , (hyut3 lau4 medicines (yeuk6)
little bleeding? hou2 do1, pou2 tung1, wat6 je5 hou2 siu2) food (sik6 mat6)
other things
When did you stop having periods? (nei5 gei2 si4 ting4 ging1) (kei4 ta1 ye5)
Have you ever taken hormone ? (nei5 yau5 mou5 Which medicines/food? /? (mat1 ye5 yeuk6/sik6 mat6)
replacements? fuk6 yung6 gwo3 ho4 yi5 mung4)
What happens? (yau5 mat1 ye5 faan2 ying3)
For how long? (gei2 noi6)
Rashes? ? (yau5 mou5 cheut1 chan2)
Have you ever had____? _______
Trouble breathing? ?
(nei5 yau5 mou5 dak1 gwo3)
(yau5 mou5 fu1 kap1 kwan3 naan4)
Gonorrhea (lam4 beng6)
What antibiotics have you taken? ? (nei5 sik6 gwo3 mat1
Syphilis (mui4 duk6) ye5 kong3 sang1 sou3)
Chlamydia (yi1 yun4 tai2 suk6) Have you had penicillin? (nei5 yau5 mou5
Other STD (kei4 ta1 sing3 beng6) sik6 gwo3 pan2 nei4 sai1 lam4)
Did you receive any treatment? Have you ever had a_____? ____? (nei5 yau5 mou5)
blood transfusion (syu1 gwo3 hyut3)
(nei5 yau5 mou5 jip3 sau6 ji6 liu4)
anesthesias (da2 gwo3 ma4 jeui3 jam1)
With injections? (da2 jam1)
Did it produce a reaction? (yau5 mou5 faan2 ying3)
When was your last PAP smear? ?
(nei5 jeui3 hau6 yat1 chi3 ji2 gung1 mut3
pin3 hai6 gei2 si4)
Medications
Was it normal? (hai6 m4 hai6 jing3 seung4)
What medicines do you take? (nei5 sik6 mat1 ye5 yeuk6)
Have you ever been tested for HIV/(nei5
HIV/AIDs? yau5 mou5 jou6 gwo3 HIV/ngoi3 ji1 beng6 Do you take any _____? ___? (nei5 yau5 mou5 sik6)
ge3 gim2 yim6) vitamins (wai4 ta1 min4)
supplements (kei4 ta1 bou2 ban2)
herbs (chou2 yeuk6)
Family History Review of systems
Are your parents alive? (fu2 mou5 gin6 joi6 ma3) Do you have these problems? ? (nei5 yau5 mou5 li1 di1
mou4 beng6)
How old is he/she? ? (keui5 gei2 daai6 nin4 gei2)
Do you have _______ [in your [(location)]______? (nei5 [ge3()]
At what age did he/she die? (keui5 heui3 sai3 (location)]? yau5 mou5 ______)
ge3 si4 hou4 gei2 daai6 nin4 gei2)
*symptoms listed not already in the form of a question can generally be placed within this sentence
What was the cause of death? (sei2 mong4 yun4 yan1)
General
Do you have brothers or sisters?
Fever (faat3 siu1)
(nei5 yau5 mou5 hing1 dai2 je2 mui3)
Sweats (cheut1 hon6)
How many? (yau5 gei2 do1 gwo3)
Chills (faat3 laang5)
Are they in good health?
Fatigue (pei4 lou4)
(keui5 dei6 ge3 gin6 hong1 hou2 m4 hou2)
Have any of your family had ______? Weight change (tai2 chung5 goi2 bin3)
(nei5 yau5 mau5 ga1 yan4 you5 gwo3) Loss of appetite (sik6 yuk6 bat1 jan3)
autoimmune disease (ji6 san1 min5 yik6 beng6)
allergy (gwo3 man5 jing3) Head (tau4)
diabetes (tong4 niu6 beng6 Headaches (tau4 tung3)
Sinus problems (bei6 dau6 mou4 beng6) Discharge (fan1 bei3 mat6)
Change in smell (chau3 gok3 goi2 bin3) When was your last mammogram? x ?
(nei5 jeui3 hau6 yat1 chi3 yu5 fong4 jiu3 X
gwong1 hai6 gei2 si4)
Throat (hau4 lung4)
Sore throat (hau4 lung4 tung3)
Tonsillitis (bin2 tou4 sin3 yim4)
Difficulty swallowing (tan1 yin3 kwan3 naan4)
Is/has your voice___? _?(nei5 seng1 yam1 yau5 mou5)
hoarse (si1 a2)
changed (goi2 bin3)
Review of systems (contd) Review of systems (contd)
When you breathe deeply, do you Do your ankles ever swell up? (leung5 jat3 geuk3
,
have pains in the chest? ngaan5 yau5 mou5 jung2 jeung3 gwo3)
(sam1 fu1 kap1 ge3 si4 hau6, hung1 bou6
yau5 mou5 gok3 dak1 tung3) Equally or one more than the , ? (tung4 yeung6
other? jung2, ding6 hai6 yat1 jat3 jung2 di3)
Cough () (kat1 sau3)
Have you ever had an EKG?
Hemoptysis (kat1 hyut3)
(yau5 mou5 jou6 gwo3 sam1 din6 tou4)
Sputum (taam4)
What color? ? (mat1 ye5 ngaan4 sik1)
Gastro-intestinal (wai6 cheung4)
With blood? (yau5 mou5 hyut3)
Heartburn (wai6 cheuk3 yit6)
Do you ever wheeze? ?(yau5 mou5 hei3 chyun2 seng1)
Constipation (bin6 bei3)
When was your last chest x-ray? x ?
Diarrhea (tou5 se3)
(jeui3 hau6 yat1 chi3 jiu3 hung1 bou6 x
gwong1 hai6 gei2 si4) Abdominal/stomach pain / (tou5/wai6 tung3)
Nausea (jok3 au2)
Heart (sam1) Vomiting (au2)
Do you have pains or pressures What color? ? (mat1 ye5 ngaan4 sik1)
across the chest at times? (nei5 hung1 bou6 yau5 si4 wui5 m4 wui5 Do you vomit blood? ? (yau5 mou5 au2 hyut4)
tung3 wat6 je5 gok3 dak1 yau5 ngaat3 liik6)
Jaundice/yellowish skin color (wong4 taan2)
Palpitations (sam1 gwai3)
Blood in the stool (bin6 hyut3)
Irregular heart beats (sam1 tiu3 m4 kwai1 leut6)
Is it very dark? ? (hai6 m4 hai6 sam1 sik1)
Do you have shortness of breath __________ (___yau5
__________? Is it bright red? ? (hai6 m4 hai6 sin1 hung4)
mou5 gok3 dak1 hei3 chuk1)
on exertion (yun6 lik6 hei3 ge3 si4 hau6) Black stools (daai6 bin6 haak1 sik1 )
at rest (yau1 sik1 ge3 si4 hau6) Light colored stools (chin2 sik1 daai6 bin6)
How many blocks can you walk Hemorrhoids (ji6 chong1)
before becoming short of breath? (nei5 jau2 gwo3 gei2 go3 gaai1 hau2 ji1 hau6
hoi1 chi2 hei3 chuk1) Parasites (gei3 sang1 mat6)
Genitourinary (saang1 jik6 bei3 niu6) Extremities (sau2 geuk3 sei3 ji1)
Burning on urination (paai4 niu6 cheuk3 tung3) Joints (gwaan1 jit3)
Nocturia (ye6 niu6) Have you had __ in your legs? __? (seung1 geuk1 yau5 mou5)
cramps (chau1 gan1)
Blood in the urine (hyut3 niu6)
pains (tung3)
Frequent urination (pan4 niu6
When you walk or at rest? (haang4 lou6 wat6
Trouble to start/stop urination (siu2 bin6 kwan3 naan4) je5 yau1 sik1 ge3 si4 hau6)
Facial edema (min6 jung2) Do/Are your joints____? ____?
Vaginal discharge (yam1 dou6 fan1 bei3 mat6) (nei5 ge3 gwaan1 jit3 yau5 mou5)
Ache (tung4)
Endocrine (noi6 fan1 bei3 sin3) Get red (bin3 hung4)
Tender (yat1 mo2 jau6 tung3)
Do you find that you prefer room Swell
temperatures cooler or hotter than ? (nei5 seung2 sat1 wan1 hai6 m4 hai6 (jung2)
others? Get stiff
bei2 kei4 ta1 ge3 yan4 dung3 di1 wat6 je5 (geung1 ngaang6)
yit6 di1)
Do you have back pain? (nei5 bui3 jek3 tung3 m4
Have you had excess thirst? tung3)
(nei5 yau5 mou5 si4 si4 hau2 hot3)
Cardiovascular disease (sam1 hyut3 gun2 beng6) Neurological disease (nou5 san4 ging1 beng6)
Heart disease (sam1 jong6 beng6) Migraines (pin1 tou4 beng6)
Coronary heart disease (gun3 sam1 beng6) Seizures/convulsions (faat3 jok3) / (chau1 chuk1)
Myocardial infarction (sam6 gei1 gang2 sei2) Stroke (jung3 fung1)
Heart failure (sam1 jong6 seui1 kit3) Dementia (chi1 ngoi4 beng6)
Hypercholesterolemia Meningitis (nou5 mok6 yim4)
(gou1 daam2 gu3 seun4 hyut3 jing3)
Hypertension (blood pressure) (gou1 hyut3 ngaat3) Psychiatric disease (jing1 san4 beng6)
Depression (yau1 yu4 jing3)
Gastrointestinal disease (cheung4 wai6 beng6) Mania (chou3 kwong4 jing3)
Reflux/heartburn (wai6 cheuk3 yit6) Schizophrenia (jing1 san4 fan1 lit6 jing3)
Ulcer (kui2 yeung4)
Gallstones (daam2 sek6) Eye (ngaan5 jing1)
Gallbladder disease (daam2 nong4 beng6) Glaucoma (ching1 gwong1 ngaan5)
Hepatitis (gon1 yim4) Cataract (baak6 noi6 jeung3)
Liver disease (gon1 beng6)
Pancreatitis (yi4 sin3 yim4) Skin (pei4 fu1)
Appendicitis (laan4 mei5 yim4) Ezcema (sap1 chan2)
Gastroenteritis (chang4 wai6 yim4) Psoriasis (gon1 sin2)
Inflammatory bowel disease
(yim4 sing3 cheung4 dou6 jat6 beng6) Joints (gwaan1 jit3)
Arthritis (gwaan1 jit3 yim4)
Renal (san5 jong6 beng6)
Kidney stones (san5 sek6) General Infectious (gam2 yim5)
Pyelonephritis (san5 yu4 san5 yim4) Flu (lau4 haang4 sing3 gam2 mou6)
Urinary tract infection (niu6 dou6 hai6 yung2 yim4) Tuberculosis (fai3 beng6)
Benign prostatic hypertrophy (leung4 sing3 chin4 HIV/AIDS HIV/ (ngoi3 ji1 beng6)
lit6 sin3 fei4 daai6 jing3)
Guide to Yale Cantonese romanization Final sounds
English-Chinese
(Cantonese-Traditional)
Compiled by
Amy C. Lee
Alice S. Lee
Version 1.0
Last modified 6/12/2005
I compiled this set of pamphlets after finding few resources to help healthcare
professionals seeking to learn medical Chinese. The purpose of these pamphlets
is to help the medical interviewer learn to conduct a simple but thorough history
and physical examination in Chinese. This compilation includes a combination
of words, simple phrases, and intermediate-level-sentences, arranged under
sections for taking a medical history and for physical examination, as well as a
glossary of body parts/organs and common diseases. Some knowledge of basic
Chinese and romanization is helpful.
Translations have been done with patient conversation in mind. This pamphlet
is not meant to provide translation of technical medical terminology.
I hope that you will find the pamphlets useful in helping your Chinese patients
who speak little or no English.
Amy C. Lee
Copyright 2005